Greenville, SC Downtown Development News

[g-man430]

Due to the amount of projects just coming about downtown and ones that are already under construction or are going to start within the next month, I have decided to start a development news thread just for the downtown area. Here are just a few of them. I will include more later:

The Pinnacle on Main
350 North Main St. (N. Main & Elford)
Type: Mixed Use: Residential, Office, and Retail
Location: Downtown
Status: Approved
Start Date: December 2007
Floors: 15
Height: 240 ft
Units: 6 Residential
Commercial space: restaurant/office
Developer: Bob Ellis
Architect: Bob Ellis
Website(s):http://www.pinnacleonmain.com/
Rendering:



The Peacock Hotel & Spa
McBee Avenue @ Spring Street
Type: Hotel, Condo, and Restaurant
Location: Central Business District
Status: Under Construction
Start Date: August 27, 2007
Floors: 8
Height: NA
Units: 8
Commercial space: NA
Developer: Mark Kent and Grant Peacock
Architect: Craig Gaulden Davis Architects
Website(s): http://www.98eastmcbee.com/
Renderings:


City Hall Plaza-Courtyard by Marriott hotel
Main Street @ Broad Street, adjacent to City Hall
Type: Office, retail, hotel, high-end national restaurant
Location: Central Business District
Status: Approved. Prep Site work has begun.
Start Date: December 2007
Floors: 6
Height: NA
Units: NA
Commercial space: NA
Developer: Windsor-Aughtry
Architect: Design Strategies
Website(s): NA
Renderings:






Court Square Tower
133 South Main Street | East Court Street & South Main
Type: Residential
Location: CBD
Status: Planned
Start Date: Early 2008
Floors: 9
Height: NA
Units: NA
Commercial space: Street Retail
Developer: Harper Corp/NAI Earle Furman
Architect: Pazdan-Smith Group
Website(s): http://pazdan-smith.com/ [Click: Portfolio/Urban Residential/133 S Main]
Renderings: Website above for renderings/Redesign in works though


Chicora Rhett Street condo building
Rhett Street (address?)
Type: residential
Location: West End
Status: Design Phase
Start Date: 2008/2009
Floors: 8
Height: NA
Units: 50
Commercial space: NA
Developer: Tom Croft
Architect: NA
Website(s): NA
Renderings: Redesign/Expect some though after sales center opens soon


Gateway Site
Church & North
Type: residential/hotel
Location: CBD
Status: Design phase
Start Date: 2008
Floors: 25-27
Height: Unknown
Units: Unknown
Commercial space: hotel & restaurant/possible office & retail space unknown
Developer: Marick Home Builders
Architect: Pazdan-Smith & DLR Group
Website(s): http://www.marickhomebuilders.com/index.php
Articles: http://www.wyff4.com/news/13482051/detail.html
Renderings: NA/Few weeks away


Federal Courhouse
Three sites. Selection of which one it will be built on to come soon.
Type: Government offices
Location: CBD
Status: Design phase. Three sites selected.
Start Date: 2009
Floors: 10-15
Height: Unknown
Units: Unknown
Commercial space: 257,347 square feet. 74 parking spaces inside garage.
Developer: GSA
Architect: NA
Website(s): http://www.gsa.gov
Articles: http://greenvilleonline.com/apps/pbc...EWS01/71128045
Renderings: None yet


Palmetto Bank Headquarters
Site: East North at Church Streets
Type: Bank
Location: Central Business District
Status: Under construction
Start Date: July 2007
Floors: 4
Height: NA
Units: None
Commercial space: No retail/restaurant. Only office.
Developer: Palmetto Bank
Architect: NA
Website(s): http://www.thepalmettobank.com/
Rendering:



McBee Station
Site: East Mcbee Avenue between Spring and East Washington Streets
Type: mixed-use
Location: Central Business District
Status: Complete except for tenant/apartment upfits
Start Date: Early 2006
Floors: 1-5
Height: NA
Units: 272 apartment units/22 condominiums
Commercial space: Staples/Publix/restaurant & retail space
Developer: The Gipson Company
Architect: Pazdan-Smith
Website(s): http://www.mcbee-station.com/
Renderings:



More to come later!!!!

[erm1981]

we need a list for "uptown" also.

[g-man430]

Originally Posted by erm1981

we need a list for "uptown" also.

But that would take "forever" to finish. There's only the Point, Shops at Greenridge, Magnolia Park Town Center, Verdae Development, Hollingsworth Park neighborhood, Cascades Retirement Village, Legacy Park, CU-ICAR, Millennium Campus, Carolina First headquarters, and every other thing going up in between.

[Raleigh-NC]

Great work, g-man, simply great!!!

[g-man430]

Oh, i'm not even close to being finished either. That's just a "few" of them.

[g-man430]

Riverplace
Site: Camperdown Way between Main and Academy Streets
Type: mixed-use
Location: Central Business District
Status: phase I complete/phase II under construction/phase III design phase
Start Date: 2004
Floors: 4-30?
Height: NA
Units: Too many to count
Commercial space: restaurants, retail, and office. Hampton Inn and Suites hotel included. Heck, it even has a Starbucks.
Developers: Hughes Real Estate Inc., Windsor Aughtry, Allora, and City of Greenville
Architect: Cooper Carry
Website(s):
http://riverplace.hreinc.com/index.php
http://www.hamptoninnandsuitesgreenville.com/
http://www.terraceatriverplace.com/ (Notice it says sold out)
Renderings:




Bookends-phase II
Site: Washington at Spring Streets
Type: mixed-use
Location: Central Business District
Status: Planned
Start Date: Early 2008
Floors: 7
Height: NA
Units: NA
Commercial space: restaurant, retail, and office
Developer: The Whitmire Company
Architect: NA
Website(s): http://bookends.us/thewashington.html
Renderings:





Main at McBee
Site: McBee Avenue at Main Street
Type: mixed-use
Location: Central Business District
Status: Planned
Start Date: 2008/2009
Floors: 8
Height: NA
Commercial space: retail, restaurant, and office
Developer: KDS Properties
Architect: Craig, Gaulden, and Davis
Website(s): http://www.kdsproperties.com/review....roperty_id=011
Rendering:



Kroc Center
Site: Academy Street
Type: Administrative offices, chapel, theatre, conference and fellowship hall, computer lab, childcare, 16-court tennis complex, school, aquatics center, outdoor water park, golf training academy, etc.
Location: Central Business District
Status: Approved. All funding complete.
Start Date: Spring 2008
Floors: 1-3
Height: NA
Commercial space: NA
Developer: Salvation Army
Architect: Craig, Gaulden, and Davis
Website(s): NA
Renderings:

[g-man430]

New tower proposed for downtown Greenville. Bob Ellis secret uptown tower has been revealed. It will be 118,000 square feet, 14 stories tall, and be called the Regent. It will consist of retail, office, and residential space. For rendering, please go to http://www.ellisgrouparchitecture.com/ then click on Portfolio in left hand column. After that click on mixed-use at the bottom then scroll until you see the one that says The Regent.

[Raleigh-NC]

Just when you thought everything was going downhill, you get this nice proposal and feel happy

[g-man430]

Now go get me some chicken.

[Greenville]

Originally Posted by g-man430

New tower proposed for downtown Greenville. Bob Ellis secret uptown tower has been revealed. It will be 118,000 square feet, 14 stories tall, and be called the Regent. It will consist of retail, office, and residential space. For rendering, please go to http://www.ellisgrouparchitecture.com/ then click on Portfolio in left hand column. After that click on mixed-use at the bottom then scroll until you see the one that says The Regent.

GREAT find, g-man! Any additional info you can share about this?

[g-man430]

Originally Posted by Greenville

GREAT find, g-man! Any additional info you can share about this?

I'll see if I can find out more from Bob tomorrow.

[g-man430]

If you look very carefully at the rendering, you can see what appears to be the top of the Carolina First building at the bottom left. If that's what it indeed is then this tower will be built somewhere in the same area as where the Pinnacle on Main is going.

[Greenville]

Originally Posted by g-man430

If you look very carefully at the rendering, you can see what appears to be the top of the Carolina First building at the bottom left. If that's what it indeed is then this tower will be built somewhere in the same area as where the Pinnacle on Main is going.

If so, then it would fit nicely amongst the current downtown highrises.

[g-man430]

Bob Ellis is refining the structural, mechanical, electrical engineering, etc. for the Pinnacle on Main project. Phase I funding is in place and Phase II is committed but contingent upon final design refinements within the next 2 weeks. When they start excavation, they want to go full speed without delays, stoppage, engineering issues, etc. Also, Bob wants to know where I found out about the Regent. Gee, I don't know. Maybe off of your own website.

[Greenville]

Originally Posted by g-man430

Bob Ellis is refining the structural, mechanical, electrical engineering, etc. for the Pinnacle on Main project. Phase I funding is in place and Phase II is committed but contingent upon final design refinements within the next 2 weeks. When they start excavation, they want to go full speed without delays, stoppage, engineering issues, etc. Also, Bob wants to know where I found out about the Regent. Gee, I don't know. Maybe off of your own website.

Thanks for the update, g-man. So can we assume that the most recent estimation for the beginning of construction of the Pinnacle is about 2 weeks from now (i.e., early-mid September)?

That is hilarious that he asked you how you found out about The Regent!

[g-man430]

That's the way I heard it. I told him the Regent had made its way to the forums.

[erm1981]

someone probably put it on his website without asking him....lol

[StevenW]

very interesting development.

[g-man430]

Don't be suprised one bit if the Greenville News does a story on this within the next week. They contacted me earlier today wondering if I had any more information on it:

[erm1981]

H*ly Shit....they contact you now. Youll probably be able to get a job with them eventually ..... lol